The effect of nutrition programs for pregnant women on birth outcomes: A GMM Estimation for Buen Comienzo Antioquia

Abstract:

It has been proved that birth outcomes can affect short and long term development for individuals and, even more, that they are expensive to societies. Because of this investigations, early childhood programs has become one of the main political topics in the world; by now, little is known about nutritional programs for pregnant women and its impact. This paper evaluates the impact of Buen Comienzo Antioquia, a nutritional program for vulnerable women, on low birth weight and preterm delivery. We found significant effects on the reduction of probabilities of premature birth but no effects on birth weight.